Concluded PhD-Projects at the International Development Studies group
2022
James Wangu
2021
Richmond Antwi-Bediako
In the aftermath of the jatropha boom. exploring sociopolitical and ecological dynamics in ‘failed’ jatropha spaces in Ghana (Zoomers, Otsuki and Amsalu).
2020
Ine Cottyn
Between modern urbanism and ‘rurban’ realities - Rwanda’s changing ruralurban interface and the implications for inclusive development (Zoomers and Nijenhuis) Alda Salomao
Land-based Investments in Mozambique: Challenges in Community Rights Protection, Participation and Benefit Sharing (Zoomers, van Noorloos and van der Haar (Wageningen University)
Eileen Dyer Jarnholt
Contract Farming Schemes in Rice and Sugar in Tanzania. Assessing the implications of Exchange, Power and Differentiation (joint degree with Roskilde University, Denmark, Zoomers, Lars Buur (Roskilde) and George Schoneveld (CIFOR)
Frederico Brandao
Oil palm expansion in the Brazilian Amazon. The challenge of reconciling conservation and development (Zoomers and Schoneveld CIFOR))
Erlis Saputra
Land subsidence as a sleeping disaster - Case studies from Indonesia (Zoomers and Spit).
Erda Rindrasih
Travelling in the Indonesian Ring of Fire - Tourism development in a disaster-prone environment (Indonesia) (Zoomers, Witte and Spit).
2019
Kebede Manjur Gebru
Inclusive agribusiness and food security in Ethiopia: the implications of smallholder involvement in commercial food crop value chain (Zoomers, Rammelt and Leung).
Michelle McLinden Nuijen
Responsible adaptation - Climate change and corporate engagement in Cambodia's Agricultural sector. A multiscalar perspective (Zoomers , van Westen, and van Noorloos).
Idsert Jelsma
In search for sustainable and inclusive farming practices: Oil palm smallholders in Indonesia. (Zoomers, G. Schoneveld and van Westen)
Murtah Shannon
The rise of a donor city: Land, investments and the contested trajectories of urban development in Beira, Mozambique. (Zoomers, Otsuki and Kaag (ASC).
2018
Rika Theo
Utrecht University, “Unravelling Indonesian Student Mobility to China. Politics, Identities, and Trajectories. Ridderkerk: Ridderprint BV. (Zoomers and Leung).
2016
Ari Susanti
Utrecht University, "Oil palm expansion in Riau province, Indonesia: serving people, planet and profit? Delft: Eburon. (Zoomers and Burgers).
Maru Shete
Leiden University, Economic and Agricultural Transformation through Large-scale Farming -Impacts of large-scale farming on local economic development, household food security and the environment in Ethiopia. (Dietz, Zoomers and Rutten).
2015
Ty Pham Huu
Utrecht University, Dilemmas of hydropower development in Vietnam: between dam- induced displacement and sustainable development. Delft: Eburon. (Zoomers and van Westen)
Phuc Nguyen Quang
Utrecht University, Urban land grab or fair urbanization? Compulsorary land acquisition and sustainable land acquisition and sustainable livelihoods in Hue, Vietnam. Delft:
Eburon. Zoomers and van Westen.
2014
Jan Willem le Grand
Sustainable Pathways or Troubled Development? Rural Community Dynamics in the Andean Valleys of Bolivia. Zoomers with Helmising ( Rotterdam University),
2013
George Schoneveld
Utrecht University, The Governance of Large-scale Farmland Investments in Sub- Saharan Africa: A comparative analysis of the challenges for sustainability" . Delft:
Eburon. (Zoomers, van Westen and Rutten (ASC))..
2012
Femke van Noorloos
Utrecht University, Whose Place in the Sun? Residential tourism and its implications for equitable and sustainable development in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Delft: Eburon. Zoomers and van Westen.
Rizki Pandu Permana
Utrecht University, Economic Development, Environmental Stress and Sustainability in Indonesia. A case study on community transformation and local resource use in Berau, East Kalimantan. (Zoomers, Titus and Burgers)
2011
Joris Schapendonk
"Turbulent Trajectories: Sub-Saharan African Migrants Heading North". (Zoomers, van Houtum, van Naerssen, Radboud University)).
2010
Roxana Dulón
Utrecht University, Turismo en la Ruta Andina (Bolivia y Peru). Flujos globales. Beneficios locales. (Zoomers and Baud (CEDLA)))
2008
Steel, Griet
Utrecht University, Vulnerable Careers. Tourism and Livelihood Dynamics among Street Vendors in Cusco, Peru. (Zoomers and Baud (CEDLA))
2002
Gery Nijenhuis
Utrecht University, Decentralization and Popular Participation in Bolivia: the link between local governance and local development. (Vellinga, van Lindert, Zoomers) Dicky de Morrée
Utrecht University, Cooperación campesina en los Andes. Un estudio sobre estrategias de organización para el
desarrollo rural en Bolivia. (Vellinga, van Lindert, Zoomers)
